Onychostoma macrolepis is an emerging commercial cyprinid fish species. It is a model system for studies of sexual dimorphism and genome evolution. Here, we report the chromosome-level assembly of the O.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEstrogens play fundamental roles in regulating reproductive activities and they act through estrogen receptors (ESRs) in all vertebrates. To date, distinct roles of estrogen receptors have been characterized only in human and model organisms, including mouse, rat, zebrafish and medaka. Physiological role of estrogen/receptor signaling in reproduction remains poorly defined in non-model organisms.
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DNA methyltransferases (dnmts) are responsible for DNA methylation and play important roles in organism development. In this study, seven dnmts genes (dnmt1, dnmt2, dnmt3aa, dnmt3ab, dnmt3ba, dnmt3bb.1, dnmt3bb.
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